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smoke screen

noun

Definition of smoke screen

as in front

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Recent Examples of smoke screen Their smoke screens covered many square miles and needed fewer people to operate them. — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026 The exposure of political smoke screens The uprising also exposed manufactured alternatives. — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 Another thing worth noting is that there are plenty of smoke screens that emerge from the winter meetings. — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 Politicians should weigh genuine options and be forced, to whatever extent possible, to explain their ends, rather than treat such ideals as democracy and freedom like smoke screens for secret ones. — Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for smoke screen

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Noun

The same gateway sits in front of Model Context Protocol servers, the standard way agents now discover and call tools.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Europeans will also be keen to put on a unified front publicly, particularly over defense spending, according to Franke.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of front

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In some position groups — receiver, tight end, edge rushers, cornerback and safeties to be specific — the blind is leading the blind because there is no veteran presence in those rooms.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026

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In a case pending in federal court in Oakland, California, three Facebook users allege that the company profits from online swindles at the expense of users.

— David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Supporting characters add to the plot, as Chance needs help from his former crew, most of whom have gone straight but can’t resist the lure of the swindle.

— Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of swindle

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There is some speculation that the coup was a hoax, however, as Roy Bates was later represented in court by one of Sealand’s Dutch occupiers.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Another of WKNA‘s articles even uses a screenshot that was first posted to r/poisonai that shows Google’s AI Overview correctly asserting that reports of Vance’s death are a hoax.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026

Definition of hoax

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The New York City Department of Investigation is the city’s independent watchdog agency, which investigates fraud, corruption, misconduct, municipal malfeasance, city employees, contractors, and individuals who do business with the city.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Created under the bipartisan Help America Vote Act to ensure fair, modern elections, the four-member commission now faces vacancies as the administration doubles down on its fraud-prevention agenda and appeals a court defeat.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of fraud

Noun

Castaneda, Marshall writes, made an end run around the department’s Yaqui expert, with the other committee members overly impressed by his au courant melange of fieldwork and gauzy ruminations, despite the fact that his timelines and grasp of mycology didn’t make sense.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
This isn’t an end run around a manufacturer with a virtual monopoly in fab.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of end run

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